PM Maliki announces the beginning of the Baghdad operation. Sadr aides insist he is in Iraq, the military disagrees. Iraqi Special Forces captured a Mahdi Army arms merchant / financier and a cell member in Baghdad. 27 al Qaeda were detained in Ramadi, Karma, and Baghdad. Jordanian intelligence helped defeat an al Qaeda in Iraq operation that was supported from Syria and Lebanon, killing 2 and capturing 1. The CH-46 was indeed shot down.
